Working on a new #solarpunk #writingPrompt for the #storySeedLibrary - "The Participants" or "The Rebuilders"
Concept: after a disaster they relief crew doesn't brings in tools - mobile makerspaces - giving able-bodied people the agency to start helping themselves.
It's what organizations like #communitere or #tolocar do (parts of #globalInnovationGathering )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmfi_EzrDgw
Need to put some more work into it...
Recently I've given a #solarpunk talk for #globalInnovationGathering in which I outline that I see two main aspects of reclaiming our futures:
acknowledging our agency
and
meaningful transgressions
Only these two can help us revert the toxic Tik-Tok trends and make people aware how much they can change around them if they only cooperate.
Oh look, #globalInnovationGathering 's Makerspace at re:publica mentioned! :D
I was taking photos of all these awesome people and projects!
Titans like Musk would love us to believe innovation means top-down solutions that only enrich the wealthy. In fact, we all have the power, says Eleanor Drage, research fellow at Cambridge University
Episode 5.8: Tech and the Global South with Star Ngei
In this episode, Christina talks with Star Ngei, a maker/hacker who helps raise awareness of Global South technology and innovation through the NGO Global Innovation Gathering (GIG), which hosts a network of makers and makerspaces throughout the Global South. Although it’s hard to generalize across a space as culturally, politically, economically, and geographically diverse as the Global South, Christina and Star discuss how the access of people in the Global South to tech is limited compared to that of people in the Global North and so they have a more creative, non-linear approach to technology. They’re far more open to modifying a piece (or pieces) of technology to fit their specific needs, rather than just using it as it comes out of the box and merely specifically for its intended use. Christina and Star also talk about climate change and what the Global North can learn from the Global South in terms of dealing with it. Lastly, they talk about building community and how, if you’re interested in working to decrease global inequality by helping people in the Global South, the best place to start is by striking up a relationship with a community there first. Unless you want your efforts to be a waste of your time, their time, and resources, don’t just give a group of people in the Global South what you think they need, find out what they think they would find useful.
#Episode #Season5 #YouTube #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #solarpunk #maker #MakerSpaces #GlobalInnovationGathering #Innovation #technology #GlobalSouth #CommunityRelations #RelationshipBuilding #Community #Africa #GlobalInequality #SocialJustice
Zur re:publica Berlin 2024 suchen wir wieder eure Ideen für das Hands On-Programm! Bis zum 15.01. könnt ihr Vorschläge beim #CfP einreichen.
Auch dieses Jahr gab's viele spannende Workshops und Aktionen zum Mitmachen.
Vielleicht inspirieren euch einige Highlights aus dem #Makerspace auf der #rp23 – präsentiert vom #GlobalInnovationGathering und von #DistributedDesign 🔗 https://re-publica.com/de/news/highlights-aus-der-makerspace-area
Since starting the hacker graphic novel project nearly a decade ago I learned how hard it is to explain communities using a visual language.
It makes me even more happy to see my photo from a #globalInnovationGathering meeting circulating on the Internet, promoting the organization.
There's just so much joy in the faces of activists and makers from Denmark and Ghana working together on grassroots projects, chilling after a conference.
Full album https://www.flickr.com/photos/gig_/albums/72177720300869819
Explore this photo album by Global Innovation Gathering on Flickr!
I just found an awesome #maker documentary about #india and southeast #asia : https://www.mewatch.sg/episode/A-League-of-Extraordinary-Makers-E3-Makers-Of-Change-295462
Episode three has @Saadcaffeine from #globalInnovationGathering and a few more awesome characters!
It covers the story of Makerspaces in India, accessibility devices and coffee in Singapore, the maker reaction to #covid and the face shields production.
Proper #solarpunk happening there. Thank you!
alxd of the Story Seed Library
Solarpunk Presents Podcast
re:publica
